ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 9. 



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Other Exhibits. 



Walter C. Clark, Esq., Liverpool, showed Cypripedium x ' Mrs. 

 Walter Clark ' (Ashburtonise expansum x Stonei), resembling 

 C. x Morganiae. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed Cypripedium 

 x 1 Orion ' (Selligerum majus x Rothschildianum). 



G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq. (gr. Mr. Shill), sent Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed hybrid L^elio-Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. sent Cattleya Gaskelliana alba and 

 other Cattleyas. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke), 

 showed Cattleya Gaskelliana ' Crawshay's var.,' of a uniform 

 light-rose colour. 



Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Wm. 

 Murray), showed Cattleya x 'Lord Eothschild.' 



Orchid Committee, August 9, 1898. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and eleven members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Sobralia Sanderiana (votes, unanimous), from Baron 

 Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Staines (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine). A 

 fine species with flowers nearly as large as those of S. macrantha, 

 but of a cream-white tinged with lilac, the disc of the lip orange 

 colour, and the broad front portion rich claret-crimson. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Lehmanni, 1 Schofield's variety ' 

 (votes, unanimous), from Capt. G. W. Law-Schofield, New-Hall- 

 Hey, Rawtenstall, Manchester (gr. Mr. Shill). A fine flower, of 

 the round form, and flat, broadly ovate lip of the typical 0. 

 crispum Lehmanni. Sepals white, slightly tinged with rose, and 

 each bearing from three to five ruby-red blotches. Lip ruby- 

 red with a broad white dentate margin, and chrome-yellow disc 

 with some purple lines. (Fig. 90.) 



To Cypripedium x ' Olivia ' (tonsum x concolor) (votes, 5 for), 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park. In size and 



